Starting a month of shows about French comics or bande dessinée, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Régis Loisel about his epic graphic novel adaptation of and prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, published in the UK by Soaring Penguin Press…. Read More ›
Digital Media
Panel Borders talks to Kieron Gillen
Continuing a month of shows about Superhero Comics on the Panel Borders radio show, Alex Fitch talks to writer Kieron Gillen about his recent about published under the Marvel Now banner, including Iron Man and Young Avengers and his forays… Read More ›
Tripwire Digital interviews Ian Rankin, Maria Paz Cabardo
The comics, film and TV magazine Tripwire , published by Joel Meadows, has moved from print into digital with the launch new app edition. Until 2011, Tripwire ran as a once a year print title costing £9.99 – and following… Read More ›
Bryan Talbot DVD documentary to be released in May
A new DVD – The Graphic Novel Man: the Comics of Bryan Talbot – is to be released in May, offering a unique insight into the life and work of one of Britain’s pioneering comic creators. Internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Designing Comics
Designing comics: In a coda to a trio of shows about the use of fine art in comics, Alex Fitch looks at graphic design in comics, in a panel discussion with Rian Hughes (2000AD), Karen Rubins (V and A artist… Read More ›
Kick-Ass 2 scene brought to life at London’s Rockwell House
Last weekend, fans of the Kick-Ass franchise celebrated the release of Kick-Ass 2 on Blu-ray and DVD at the Kick-Ass Comic Canv-Ass, re-creating writer and executive producer Mark Millar’s favourite scene from the superhero blockbuster. Comic book buffs and aspiring artists… Read More ›
New Dennis the Menace books and other Beano merchandise announced
DC Thomson is celebrating a busy year for The Beano‘s Dennis the Menace and Gnasher property as Penguin joins a raft of licensees with a planned range of children’s books and Golden Bear announces new toys. The new range of… Read More ›
downthetubes Popular Posts – November 2013
Apart from landings on our home page, here’s a run down of the ten most popular posts on downthetubes over the past 30 days… • The Beano gets a Top Gear makeover thanks to guest editor Richard Hammond This has,… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Drawing and Painting Comics
Starting a month of shows about creators who use fine art in their work, guest presenter Richard Reynolds (FRSA) discusses art techniques used in strips and graphic novels with artists Al Davison, Hannah Eaton, James E Snelling and Vicky Stonebridge… Read More ›
Radio interviews with 2000AD alumni including Milligan and McCarthy(s)
On today’s Panel Borders radio show, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of 2000AD fanzine contributors and a quartet of acclaimed 1980s 2000AD alumni about their work. Dogbreath and Zarjaz contributors – Lee Robson and Bryan Coyle – discuss their… Read More ›
Panel Borders radio show on Doctor Who comics
On today’s Resonance FM radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch is broadcasting an extract from the SCI-FI-LONDON panel on Doctor Who spin-offs, recorded in May 2013 at the Stratford PictureHouse Cinema, East London. Joining Alex are artists Adrian Salmon and… Read More ›
“The Wolverine” gets UK Blu-Ray, DVD release, offers sneek of “Days of Future Past”
British Marvel fans will be delighted to hear The Wolverine is out next Monday, in a three disc Blu-ray Unleashed Extended Edition, Blu-ray and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment with High Jackman facing his ultimate nemesis in a… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Bad Planets and Misguided Islands
Starting a month of shows about comic book creators who collaborate together, later today on radio show Panel Borders Alex Fitch talks to to pairs of creators who come from outside the world of comics. In an interview recorded at… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Great British Horror Comics
Today’s Panel Borders radio show concludes a month of episodes looking at horror comics, and includes interviews with a quartet of British creators who work in that genre. Alex Fitch talks to David Hine, author of Strange Embrace and writer… Read More ›
PressPad adds Android to its digital self-publishing service for comic creators
PressPad, a relatively new self service tablets and smartphones publishing startup which has recently begun offering its iPad publishing service to comic creators, has just announced the impending arrival of support for publishing to the Android platform. While the lion’s… Read More ›
Panel Borders celebrates 100 issues of “The Walking Dead”
Starting a month of shows on horror and fantasy comics, Alex Fitch talks to artist Charlie Adlard this week on his radio show Panel Borders, about drawing 100 issues of The Walking Dead. Alex and Charlie discuss the various storylines… Read More ›
Art of Charlie Adlard book to launch at Lakes Festival
We’ve got word that Image Comics’ The Art of Charlie Adlard at will now get its official launch at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival and not in New York Comic Con as originally planned – another great reason to… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Collecting comics in the National Art Library
Continuing a month of shows looking at the presence of comics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, on this week’s new podcast and radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to Jan van der Wateren (former chief librarian and… Read More ›
Robbie Morrison – Taking Dante DrownTown
In advance of his appearance with artust Jim Murray tomorow (Saturday 24th) at Edinburgh BookFest’s Stripped weekend, for the latest Panel Border podcast Alex Fitch talks to Robbie Morrison about his career in comics so far, from his 15 year… Read More ›
TOXIC comic sales up, but bad news for other news stand titles in latest ABCs
There’s good news and bad news for British news stand publishers lurking in the latest ABC sales figures for January – June 2103 for comics and related magazines, with some titles on sale in WH Smiths and other newsagents celebrating… Read More ›